Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
He that returneth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Holman Bible
evil will never depart from his house.
International Standard Version
The person who repays good with evil will never see evil leave his home.
A Conservative Version
He who rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
American Standard Version
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.
Amplified
Whoever returns evil for good,
Evil will not depart from his house.
Bible in Basic English
If anyone gives back evil for good, evil will never go away from his house.
Darby Translation
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Julia Smith Translation
He turning back evil, instead of good, evil shall not move from his house.
King James 2000
Whosoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[For] he who returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.
Modern King James verseion
Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Whoso rewardeth evil for good, the plague shall not depart from his house.
NET Bible
As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.
New Heart English Bible
Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Webster
Whoever rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
World English Bible
Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
Youngs Literal Translation
Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house.
Themes
Evil » Social in the church » In politics
Evil » Those that reward evil for good
Evil » Who evil shall not depart from
Interlinear
Shuwb
Ra`
רעה רע
Ra`
evil, wickedness, wicked, hief, hurt, bad, trouble, sore, affliction, ill, adversity, favoured, harm, naught, noisome, grievous, sad,
Usage: 669
References
Fausets
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 17:13
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
12 Let a bereaved bear encounter man, rather than a dullard, with his folly! 13 He that returneth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. 14 A letting forth of water, is the beginning of strife, therefore, before it breaketh out, abandon, contention.
Cross References
Psalm 35:12
They repay me evil for good, Bereaving my soul.
1 Samuel 24:17
And he said unto David, More righteous, art thou than I, for, thou, hast requited me, good, but, I, have requited thee, evil.
1 Samuel 31:2-3
And the Philistines followed hard after Saul, and after his sons, - and the Philistines smote Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, sons of Saul.
2 Samuel 12:10
Now, therefore, the sword shall not depart from thy house, unto age-abiding times, - because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.
2 Samuel 21:1-14
And there came to be a famine, in the days of David, for three years, year after year, so then David sought the face of Yahweh, - and Yahweh said - It respecteth Saul and his house, as to bloodshed, in that he put to death the Gibeonites.
Psalm 38:20
Even they who are repaying evil for good, accuse me because I pursue the good.
Psalm 55:12-15
For it is, not an enemy, that reproacheth me, Or I could bear it, - Not one that hath hated me, who, against me, hath magnified himself, Or I might hide myself from him;
Psalm 109:4-13
For my love, they have been accusing me, while, I, was at prayer:
Jeremiah 18:20-21
Shall, evil, be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my life, - Remember how I stood before thee To speak in their behalf what was good! To turn back thine indignation from them.
Matthew 27:5
And, throwing the pieces of silver into the Temple, he withdrew, and, going away, hanged himself.
Matthew 27:25
And all the people, answering, said - His blood be upon us and upon our children!
Romans 12:17
Unto no one, evil for evil rendering: providing honourable things before all men:
1 Thessalonians 5:15
See that none, evil for evil, unto any, do render: but, evermore, what is good, be pursuing, towards one another, and towards all:
1 Peter 3:9
Not returning evil for evil, nor reviling for reviling, but, on the contrary, bestowing a blessing, - because, hereunto, have ye been called, in order that, a blessing, ye might inherit.